CAS 2019_A_6180 WADA vs USADA & Ryan Hudson - Settlement
Related case:
CAS 2019_A_6180 WADA vs USADA & Ryan Hudson - Preliminary Award
March 10, 2020
Previously in December 2016 the American weightlifter Ryan Hudson was sanctioned with a 4 year period of ineligibility after he tested positive in 2015 for the prohibited substance Stanozolol.
In July 2017 the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) reported an new anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (DHCMT).
USADA deemed on 27 November 2018 that there where grounds for the imposition of a sanction of 4 years for the Athlete’s second anti-doping rule violation instead of the otherwise applicable 8 year period of ineligibility.
Hereafter in March 2019 the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed the USADA Decision with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
In this case the Sole Arbitrator on 10 March 2020 already settled preliminairy issues between WADA and USADA and ruled that the Court of Arbitration for Sport has jurisdiction over the present Appeal.
During the proceedings the Parties reached a settlement and requested the CAS Sole Arbitrator to ratify the Settlement Agreement into a Consent Award.
The Parties agreed as follows:
- The Acceptance of Sanction form signed by the Athlete and USADA on 27 November 2018 shall be set aside;
- The Athlete is sanctioned with an 8 year period of ineligibility, starting on 27 November 2018; and
- USADA shall bear the arbitration costs for the CAS Appeal.
The Sole Arbitrator, having reviewed the text of the Settlement Agreement and the evidence on file, finds no reason to object to or to disapprove of the terms of the Settlement Agreement and is satisfied that the agreement constitutes a bona fide
settlement of the dispute of which he was seized.
Therefore the Court of Arbitration for Sport decides on 23 October 2020 that:
1.) The Settlement Agreement submitted to the CAS Court Office by the Parties on 4 June 2020 is hereby ratified by the CAS with the consent of the Parties and its relevant terms
are incorporated into this arbitral A ward.
2.) Each Party is hereby ordered to perform the obligations and duties as per the Settlement Agreement referred to above.
3.) The arbitral procedure CAS 2019/A/6180 World Anti-Doping Agency v. United States Anti-Doping Agency & Ryan Hudson is terminated and deleted from the CAS roll.
4.) In accordance with the Settlement Agreement, the arbitration costs, to be determined and served to the Parties by the CAS Court Office, shall be borne by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
5.) The United States Anti-Doping Agency shall pay to the World Anti-Doping Agency the amount of CHF 9,000 (nine thousand Swiss Francs) as a contribution to the costs and
expenses the latter incurred in connection with the present proceedings. Ryan Hudson shall bear his own costs and expenses incurred in these proceedings.
6.) All other motions or prayers for relief are dismissed.
